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il : S i t jr. 1 i! r 1 , ' 1 i ; i .' is I I i i HI i a c ! ; it - 31)c (Enterprise. CREGflX CUT, TIIIKSDAY, 31JRCH 1. l77. The Latest. Of course the trivial objection to Sla- ter, the Republican elector from Rhode Island vr&s ridden over with scarcely a pause by the House and Senate. We are glad to note the honorable course pursued by many Democrats in stand- ing nobly by their agreement and the utter detestation they manifest at the little handful of hot-head- s who seek to filibuster, and by trickery too shallow for a Tombs lawyer, def rand Hayes of his justly wou fruits. Honth Carolina has gone to the Commission, but as even Wade Hampton never claimed that State for Tilden, the votes of Secession's cradle may safely be put down for the Republican candidate for the. Presiden- cy. The next "striking point" will be Vermont, but as the of that State has not even had a Governor's certificate to back him, little apprehen 8ion is felt by Republicans. Growing lieautifuHy Loss. Retrenchment, like chickens and curses, i3 coming home to roost. The Democrats raised an Ebenezer at the close of the last session of Congress in view of the fact that the expenses of the Government had been reduced bv their efforts about SG0,r00,000 and every party choir in the country gather ed round, and began the Presidential campaign with a full chorus Te Deum that their eyes had been permitted to see the beginning of an economical reform. It must, therefore, have been somewhat of a vexation to the righteous epirit of Mr. Sam Randall to bo obliged to confess that the reduction after all was but 30,000,000. Rut how he must have groaued in spirit when a Tlepublican member, Foster wo think, showed that the actual reduction was but 23,000,000, from which at the first bite must be taken 0,000,000, which we believe has been appropriated by a deficiency bill. It is also intimated that the residue of 817,000,000 is to be still further reduced by other deficiency bills, and the Democratic face would lengthen at the prospect were it not for the breadth and exceeding hardness of the Democratic che k. Hayes and the Contesting Gov- ernors. We hope none of our Democratic friends are so foolishly sanguine as to lay the flattering n.etion to their souls that Hayes will recognize the Hampton and Nicholls governments. We do not say whether or not the Democratic Governors are entiled in justice to Recognition, but maintain that the con- - summation nopoa lor iy Democrats is as impossible as the meeting of the poles. . Should Hayes atttcmj.t to make such a faux pas there arc v. ise heads near enough to instruct hiia that it would be suicide, nend ricks himself expresses our opinion of the impossi bilitv of such action on the part of Hayea, in the following words: "The statement that Hayes will re- cognize the Nieholls government in Louisiana is absurd. He could not do so without stultifying the methods to which he will owe his place. To recog- nize Nicholls would bo to say that Packard is not elected by the votes in Louisiana, and yet he himself, Hayes, was." County Court House. The Clackamas county croakers, who are continually speaking of hard times and who invariably predict worse in the future when the subject of a new court house is broached, can learn something, perhaps, from the following little item clipped from the Union County Sentinel: Whoa the question of building a fine brick court house for Union county was being discussed, we kuow a number of men, long headed men, wise men, in fact, (in their own opinion) "nail-driving- " smart men, who boldly asserted that county warrants would "depreciate in value to forty or fifty cents on the dollar. Union connty lias a fine brick court house almost completed; one that will answer tho demands for the next half century, the finest court house east of the Cascades; one of which the citizens of Union county may well feel proud. County orders aro selling at ninety cents, coin, and Union county is in better financial circumstance than .any county in Eastern Oregon. Mr. Randall and Mr. Cox will not ceaso harping on the reduction in ex penditures which have been effected by their patriotism, but we should liko to have some explanat;on made to show us where the saving comes iu, when mil lions of dollars have been expended in uncompleted public buildings which are allowed to lie idle for the want of an appropriation. Reducing the expenses by impairing the efficiency of the Gov- ernment is easy enough, but wo should be willing to sacrifice some of tho re duction in order to secure a little more efficiency. Hill of the high-price- d journal, made a fierce charge upon us a couple of weeks since and with a grand flouris of trumpets announced in a quotation from Macbeth that it was to be war to the knife. Last week we "let loose the dogs of war" and immediately the val- iant Lair hunted his hole and pulled it in after him, calling names and making metaphorical faces at a third and inno- cent party. "Our voiee is still for war." Cock-a-doodle-do- o! Week before last a man named Cro- nin attempted to rob a stage coach in California. Take them all through they are what our merchants might cad a "job lot." ... Nearer Resumption. It has been some four years since the decline in the gold premium stimulated a well meaning, but misguided, Secre tary of the Treasury to attempt re- sumption in silver, in lots not to ex ceed five dollars. Since then, as before our opinion has been that the resources of the Government from taxation were insufficient to enable us to resume specie payment and that aa issue of bonds for the purchase of gold and the redemption of greenbacks was the in- dispensable condition to resumption. President Grant now comes to the re- lief of the country with precisely this scheme. Our gratification to find off- icial coincidence with our humble opinions is enhanced by the reflection that the idle clamor against the bonds and in favor of greenbacks has almost wholly died away, its echoes lingering yet only in the brains of a few dement- ed and visionary statesman of a very obsolete pattern. Few who have watched the course of the financial question can forget how strong the in- flation cause was at one time, and how persistent it has been at all times. As soon as the defeat of Liberalism wa3 an accomplished fact, the uneasy spirits of politics, who are now metamorphosed into Reformers, took up the greenback question with unshaken confidence, and actually succeeded in conveying the impression of a strength they have never been able to use. Eat their cause never had any real power, they have dispersed, or rather abandoned the field of finance to join the Tilden crowd, and to-da- y the coast is clear and the path unobstructed for tho real and final solution suggested by the Presi- dent in his message. We regret to hear that Congress is too busy to attend to the affairs of the country, and that the men whom we send to make our laws are so ignorant of the merits of a question which has been before the public for ten years, that they will not bo able to form an opinion on tho message during a whole month. This, however, is some- thing which is the act of Providence, and offers cause for no repining. But what we regret more deeply to notice is tho news that the worst enemies of specie payment are trying to persuade themselves that if they let things alone and take no risks, specie payment will come of itself. If these gentlemen are sincere they cannot object to making a trifling effort iu the'same direction. If specie payment is inevitable such an effort can notsprevcnt it, and if specie payment needs assistance such an effort would be of the highest value to the country. If resumption is likely to come from natural causes and without the need of legislation, it must be in ac- cordance with a sound finance and so is entitled to support, and support could not be given better than in the mauner advocated by tho President. Letter from Portland. Portland, Feb. 2G, 1877. Editor Extektkise: Feeling that perhaps you are in need of a few words of sympathy and consolation from your friends, I offer you my few words of comfort. I see that you are still unable to convince that honorable and distin- guished gentleman (?) , the editor of the Oregonian, that you are owner and editor of the Enterprise. You are in a worse predicament than that celebrat- ed boy who paid too much for his whis- tle, inasmuch as you are not allowed to blow your whistle after you hve paid for it. Perhaps, if the honor was worth the money, a small retaining fee. say of a few thousand dollars, might be an effectual eye-opene- r. Such things have happened in this sinful world, you know. But pluck up courage, my dear fellow; doubtless, by the time you ar rive at the mature age of either of the honorble gentlemen (the one who will not permit you to own a newspaper and the one wtio is obliged to own it against his wishes) you may be cons dered worthy of the honor, but I fear you will have to cultivate a good crop of wrinkles, a few gray hairs, a careworn appearance, or even, perhaps, a little bald spot on the top of your head might do tho work for you. 1 am sincerely sorry for the Hon. W. C. Johnson, as it is not every man that is afflicted with so terrible a misfortune as owning a newspaper. But console yourself, Mr. Editor, by thinking that Oregon Hills are not unchangeable, as Democratic friends can testify, and Hills are much less formidable obstacles to overcome than mountains might be. If at any timo you become faint hearted, or your purse grows lean, just look forward four years, to the next Presidential election, when, perhaps, others beside the "principal newspaper of Oregon" will receive a back still'ener of a few thousand dollars, particularlv as that very unwilling member of your firm is a legal gentleman. You are aware I presume, that the latest discovery in medical science is a plaster composed of a mixture of gold and silver for strengthening weak backs, ami bright- ening obtrnse intellects; its effect on the undersjanding is almost magical, as it has been known to change a Hill Dei Fremiti. C. D. J "Professional honor" is good; we ad- mire it. It is charming; the editor of the "leading paper" has exhibited him- self as one of its great champions. So likewise did Judas Iscariot. David Dudley Field's name was stricken from the roll of the New York Lar Association a couple of years ao for conduct unbecoming a gentlemSn and a lawyer. Badly irtruped, the stillhunter that would a wooing go, who lit oa "emi- nent .counsel with a hand organ. Tho Count. The two" houses of Congress met in joint convention on Saturday at noon, and the decision of tlie electoral com- mission touching the votes of OregoD, was read. The grounds of the decision which is in favor of the Hayes electors, i3 that said electors appear to have been lawfully appointed, and they voted as such at the time and in the manner pro- vided by tho constitution of the United States and the law; and the commission are further of opinion that by the laws of Oregon the duty of tho canvass of all the votes given at the election of Presi- dent and Vice President was imposed upon the Secretary of State, and that the Secretary of State did canvass these returns, and ascertained that J. C. Cart-wrigh- t, W. H. Odell and J. W. Watts received a majority of all the votes for electors, and had the highest number of votes for that office; and by the express- ed language of the statute those persons are deemed elected. That in obedience to his duty the Secretary of State made a canvass and tabulated statement of the votes showing this result, which, according to law, he placed on file in his office on the 4th of December, 1S76. All this appears by the official certifi- cates, under seal of the Secretary of State, and was signed and delivered by him to the electors, and forwarded by them to the President of the Senate, with other States. That refusal of the Governor of Oregon to sign the certifi- cate of election of persons so elected doe3 not have the effect of defeating their appointment for such electors. That tho act of the Governor of Oregon in giving to E. A. Cronin a certificate of election, though he received one thousand votes less than J. W. Watts, on the ground tho latter was ineligible, was without authority of law and there- fore void. That although evidence shows that Watts was postmaster at tho time of his election, that fact is render- ed immaterial by his resignation both as postmaster and elector, and his sub- sequent appointment to fill the vacancy in the electoral college; that in conse- quence of the foregoing, and upon grouuds before stated, the paper pur- porting to be the certiScato of tho elec-tDr- al vote of Oregon, signed by E. A. Cronin, J. X. T. Miller and Jno Parker, is not the certificate of the votes pro- vided for by the Constitution of the United States, and ought not to be counted as such. The members of the Commission agreeing to and approving of the decision are S. F. Miller, Jos. P. Bradley, W. Strong, G. F. Edmunds. O. P. Morton, F. T. Frelinghnysan, J. A. Garfield and G. F. Hoar. The presiding ofiicer asked whetker there were any objections to the decis- ion. Senator Kelly objected to this de- cision on the following gro-.uuls- : First, that Watts was not elected; second, that he was net appoiuted; ttiird, that he was disqualified to receive an appoint- ment as Pr sidential elector, or to sit as such, as he held an office of trust and profit nnder the United States; fourth, that Cronin was elected Presidential elector for Oregon, and in accordance with law cast the legal vote as such elector, and that such vote shouhi be counted. The objection was signed by Senators Kelly, Wyte, Cooper, Maxey, Norwood and Hereford, and Represen- tatives Lane, Poppleton, Jencks, Vance, Throckmorton, Wike, Wiggintou and Luttrell. The presiding ofiicer asked whether there were any further objections to the decision, and there being none, he an- nounced the Senate would withdraw to its chamber. After considerable discussion, the Senato adopted tho decision of the Commission, and tho House rejected it. When the Senate returned, objection was made to the electoral vote of Mor- rill, of Pennsylvania. The objection was overruled as invalid, and a recess was taken until Monday. Pennsylvania has been counted by the two houses in joint convention for Hayes and Wheeler, and Rhode Island, coming as next in the list, was objected to. There teemed to be a certaia amount of speculation among Democrats as to whether Judge Bradley would give a decision against his party, but no such suggestion was ever made with regard to Judge Clifford or Judge Field. It seems to have been taken for granted that these "two eminent and nnpartisan ornaments of tho judicial bench would give an ojjinion in favor of their party every time, and tho event has confirmed their impressions. W. Lair Hill, editor of the "only paper," when proved to have tendered his services to the Joe Thomas party, assumes tho role of high-tone- d profes- sional honor, and still denies the fact, because forsooth, "he never" (he says), "tendered his services in any case." But poor Hill has sadly degenerated, since his professional tone and honor could not prevent him from being bought with $3,000 from Tilden's 'barV and we think, as the sequel has proved, that Tilden paid very dearly for the Oregonlan whistle. In the language of the day, Demo- crats, "the jig is up;" or as a certain Portland editor would term it, jacta est aha. Hayes and Wheeler will be peaceably inaugurated on the 5th of March, and if yon wish to elect your man four years hence, commence now to lay your snares, for in the time of peace there i3 nothing like preparing for war. The talk of the Democrats that the eight RepubUcans of the electoral com- mission voted a3 partisans, reminds us forcibly of the solitary juror who spoke of the obstinacy of the other eleven. What it costs to go through an elec- toral college, $8,000. Up-Hi- ll business, Sammy says. Watts on the mind; heavy reading for Democrats. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. The Blue-Glas- s Cure. General Pleasauton is one of those well-to-d- o fossils who exist in Phila- delphia and who would never be heard of beyond his own pale, except by some peculiar windfall or blind-lac- k discov- ery. Although we cannot make the General exactly the Christopher Colum- bus of our pubject-hea- d, he is still a kind of Amerigo Vespucci. Others be- fore the corpulent Philadelphian found the curative properties of blue glass, but he, we understand, is the first to write a book on the subject, and attract general attention all over the world. Newspaper wits and paragraphists fling a good deaPof fun at the old Quaker, but he has indisputable evidences of the good effect of the azure glass cure, and will not be laughed down. As to the exact effect of blue light, the orinions of scientific men differ.and it is too early now to discuss the sub- ject from a scientific point of view. It is certain that many physicians of New York City and elsewhere are now giving their attention to the subject, and that the demand for blue glass is increaoing every day. One of the Chicago hospit- als, we are informed, has one of its wards fitted np with blue window panes; and a shipment of one hundred cases was lately made in one day from New York to that city, where the physicians have been studying the effect of blue light for some time past. The matter is under discussion also in New York hospitals. As we understand it, sunlight jjasses dereetly through colorless glass, having no effect whatever upon it, but blue glass catches and retaius heat, and a room lighted by blue panes is said to be warmer than one with windows of ordinary glass. General Pleasanton thinks the bluo light imparts curative qualities to the atmosphere, therefore; and that it acts upon the health of the patient in that way, as well as directly upon the nerves. Professor Butler, who has several aquaria in New York, writes to one of the japers of that city that his fish have been noticeably livelier since ho has encased them in blue glass. In hot houses its effect is .very marked; the part of General Pleasantou's grapery under bine glass far outstripping in productiveness the vines left under the plain white panes. In regard to the effect upon the human system we are told that in diseases of the eye it is very useful, which appears to be natur- al. It is also used for nervous diseases, including nemalgia and nervous head- ache. General Pleasanton tells, in a letter to a Chicago paper, how he cured himself by a sun bath ia a blue lighted room from the effects cf a severe fall from his carriage, and how at the same time he converted his physician so that lie now acknowledges the merits of blue glass. Taking a serio-comi- c view cf the question, why would it Dot be t good idoa for persona afflicted witl headache.3 and nervous cornvlaints to carry a piece of glass with them large enough to cover the effected part, and wheu in pain to simply (if the sun be shining) lay on the panacea ? A man traveling from here to Portland could put his blue 'glass against the car win dow and be cured of his headache in a "jiffy." It is not said whether it pro vides or strengthens tho brain, so we do not as yet recommend it to our Dem ocratic confreres. Ptddlers in the principal eastern cities are said to doing an immense business just now in this g ass, and we daro say the excitement will run so high that bald-heade- d men will imagine they cau make their hair grow by simply insert ing a piece of it in their hats. In case any of our people should like to experi ment on this subject, which is cow ex citing so many people, wo herewith give a "boiled down" interview held by a New York newspaper reporter with General Pleasanton: Any one suffering from local disease is simply to obtain window'panes of dark Mazarine blue, French the best; place it in front of the ordinary window glass, so that the light will pass through the blue immediately upon coming from the ordinary glass, the diseased part to bo exposed to the blue rays. The treatment is particularly efficacious in all diseases of the spine Any one using this cure will not be in ueotea to tue uencral in a pecuniary sense, he only asking that those attempt- ing this method will give him a full account of the experiment whether successful or otherwise. The N. Y. Times of the 24th nit. says: It is hoped after the vote on the Oregon case we shall hear no more about the partisanship of the Republican mem- bers of the electoral commission. In this decision the partisanship is all on the Democratic side, and the law and facts with the Republicans. That the three electoral votes of Oregon were legally cast for Hayes and justice, a "wayfaring man, though a fool," can appreciate; and it may 6afely be left with the people to judge of the impar- tiality of the seven Democrats who in- sisted only two of these votes should be so counted. It was a cheap display oi virtue to refuse to recognize the vote of Cronin. It was a very discreditable display of partisanship to hold' the Grover conspiracy had succoeded in cheating the State out of one electoral vote, and counting out of its choice for President. The modest Miss (?) Emma Abbott will not finger a piano in public if it stands bare legged. Mr. Moody, says the Boston journal- ists, bears a remarkable resemblance to President Grant. A case of petty Laircenj $3,000. Traced to its Lair 3,000. Telegraphic News. Eastern. Washington, Feb. 23. At 3 o'clock the commission took a recess of half an hour to allow time for Senator Thur-ma- n to be sent for prior to taking a vote upon the question whether the Repub- lican votes of Oregcn should be count- ed. All the members of the commission stato the decision is already virtually decided, as eight of the members, in- cluding Bradley, have announced their opinion in favcr of counting the three Republican votes. The Electoral Commission proceeded to the residence of Senator Thurmau, who was .very ill, and there adopted by strict vote of eight against seven a reso- lution offered by Senator Morton, de- claring that the votes of W. H. Odell, John C. Cartwright, and John W. Watts, the Hayes electors for Oregon, should be counted. The commission previously voted on the question of the admissibility of Cronin's vote, and re- jected it unanimously. New York, Feb. 24. The Herald's Indianapolis correspondent interviewed Hendricks to-da- y. The latter give up the election as a defeat. He' continued, very decidedly: "The Commission, hav- ing gone according to law, the result will be the election of Hayes. I do not think they acted according to the spirit of the law. Their decision will not be satisfactory to the country, and the longer this people think upon it the more they will bo condemned. But for the Commission bill the Senate would have elected Hayes and the House Til- den. Both would have been inaugurat- ed. Hayes would have had the support of an army of office-holder- s, and other resources of tho government, leaving Tilden nothing to fight with, had a fight been deemed advisable. The statement that Hayes will recognize the Nicholls government in Louisiana is absurd. He could not do so without stultifying the methods to which he will owe his place. To recognize Nicholls would be to say that Packard was not elected by the votes in Louisiana, and yet that he him- self, Hayes, was." The Times' Columbus special says: The people of Fremont, Ohio, regard- less of party, will give Hayes a grand send-of- f for Washington next week. Postmasters appointed A. J. Lang-worth- y, Aumsville, Marion county, Or.; Jas. Laird, Sitkum, Coos county, Or.; J. B. Morris. Snmmerville, Union Co., Or.; W. L. R. Monroe, Whittle's Ferry, Lake Co., Or.; Win. Farrant, Bay Cen- ter, Pacific Co., W. T. ; D.N.Taylor, Fall City. King Co., W. T. New York, Feb. 27. Tho World's Washington special says: It is said Hayes, perhaps, will take the oath of office Sunday noon next in the execu-presenc- e tive mansion, in the of Grant and the cabinet and the Chief Justice who will administer it. It is net Ins present intention to arrive here until the count is completed, but if it delays until Friday he will leave Columbus on that day for Washington and become the guest of Sherman until he takes possession of the executive mansion. The Herald's Washington special says: The filibustered have made up their minds to do the worst they can. They have been visited and argued with to- day by tho moderate and prominent Democrats. They say they will have their way and will obstruct and delay the count of the eight States which re- main as much as they can. If the fil- ibustered carry out their purpose, the result will be the whole country will be kept in a state of suspense and anxiety, and business will be deraDged for no reason whatever. Tilden has not even a ghost of a claim to a single State yet to be counted, tue JJemocratie commit tee having declared that South Carolina went for Hayes on the face of the re turns. Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Feb. 27. The Call this morning publishes a detailed ac count of the circumstances connected with the recent burning of the court house at Salinas, at which it appears that a defalcation of 15,000 to 2U,000 has been discovered in the accounts o the tax collector, and that the deputy collector, m. ii. Kumsey, is supposed to have gambled off most of it, losing a portion of the amount with faro dealers, but to a great extent in poker games Willi a number of prominent citizens, including several connty officials. It is also intimated that a close ring exists, wuicn uas been plundering the counts' for years, and detective officers from Sail Francisco have been workincr up the ease, and stato that the affair is the worst that has ever came under their notice, even the courts seeming to con- siderable extent to be disposed to afford the ring every opportunity to make out a good case. Popular indignation is very high and the citizens of the better class avow a determination to sift the affair to the bottom. There is a hone that Rnuisey may be induced to turn states evidence. Tho ring has money aud a lot of desperadoes in its interest. who can be hired to commit perjury or acts of violence in defense of their em- - ployers. Profits of a Paper Currency. The Government is likely to make a large profit by the loss and destruction of fractional currency. During the last two months, nearly 2,000.000 of this paper currency has been withdrawn from circulation and silver coin substi tuted. The withdrawals have been en tirely confined to the last three issues, there having been scarcely a dollar sent in from the first and second issues, al- though the government report shows 7,400,000 of these issues still outstand- ing. It i3 more than likely that the greater portion of this amount has been worn out or destroyed. It is not the kind of money that people would be likely to hoard, and if it had been in the bands of .bankers or brokers it un doubtedly would have been presented for exchange. In this country of a metallic currency, people can hardly comprehend the amount of hard usage that the fractional paper currency re ceives, it is crumpiea into vest pock ets, allowed to become wet, is handled roughly, torn and defaced to an almost incredible extent. Seven millions of dollars seems a large amount to waste in this manner, but we have no doubt it has been done. Nobody feels the poorer for it, and it goes some distance toward paying the public debt. Eminent counsel with an oreran at their baoks are worth S3.000 to thos who have "bar'ls" of money at their command. Territorial News. Herring fisheries are attracting atten- tion on the Sound. Seattle is reducing expenses by dis- charging police and putting out lights. Sixty head of sheep have lately beep killed near Olympia by dogs. Messrs. Kelly & Co., of Seattle, are putting up large quantities of cod liver oil. Each resident of Ada county, Idaho, has been taxed 2 for the support of a hospital. About twenty five have thus far been converted at the Methodist revival in Olympia. Walla Walla has a revenue of nearly 15,000 and still keeps head over heels in debt. A petition is in circulation to have a daily mail lino between Waitsburg and Spokane falls. It ia a fixed fact that Walla Walla county's wheat crop will far exceed any ever produced there. Over one thousand families have set- tled in Stephens and Whitman counties during thn past year. The Indians at Walla Walla have broken up their winter quarters and silently slipped away. The Grangers around Olympia are erecting a commodious warehouse at the Marsh ville bridge. The coming season bids fair to be- come one of universal activity among the loggers on the Sound. A boy named Frost was crushed to deatli by a falling fir tree on the Upper Skookum Chuck last week. The Olympia Transcript says N. H. O wings, the new secretary of Washing- ton Territory, is a Colorado man. W. H. Borr. a Seattle juror, invalid- ated the virdict by taking supper at a hotel. He will be imprisoned and fined 350. William Law, a pioneer on this coast, and a resident of Clalam county, W. T., for twenty years or more, died in Vic- toria, B. C, on the 7th ult. The Olympian says: At LaConner.W. T., five children died recently from tho spotted fever in one family alone. Sev- eral more are ill from the same malady. The government authorities at Vic- toria have dispotched the gunboat Rock- et to Bella Bolla to institute further in- quiries concerning the step.mer George S. Wright. As soon as the weather will permit, two companies will leave the garrison at Walla Walla for the Wallowa conn-tr- y to keep out Joseph and his band and keep white settlers iu. Death Warrant of Christ. The Courier des Etats Unis says: Chance has put into our hands the most impos- ing and interesting judicial document, to all Christians, that has ever been re- corded in human annals; that is, the identical death warrant of our Lord Jesus Christ. We' t ranserilw the docu- ment from a copy of the translation: SEXTKNCK Ri-nd- t rrd bv Pontius Pilate, nctins: (Jov- - ernor of Lower ialshe. that Jtsu.s of Nazeretii shall sutlV'r death on the (,'ro.s- -. In the year seventeen of the Kmpire of Tiberius t'avsar, and the Uh of Maivh, 'he city of the holy .Icrusalciii : Aneas and CuiapUas hein priests, sv.'-- i ilia: toi s of the peoi.L of iod, I, Pontius i'il.Ue, io t t noy of the pra.-or- .condi'inn .i s:is of Na-.ai---t- to diu us the cross bet wet !: i ; ; thi.-ve- s the great and notorious evidence of the people saying 1 . lie is a sed ucer. Id. lie is seditious. 3. lie is the enemy of the I;iv. 4. Hec;dls himself'falsly.thesortorOod. 5. 1 le cal is himself the Kiogof Israel. He entered into the tei;;i le. followed by a multitude bearing palm branches in t'aeir hands. Order the centurion Qunitus Comeiiua to lead him to the place of execution. Forbid anv person, whomsoever, poor or rich, to oppose the death of Jesus. Tho witnesses that signed tho death warrant ot Jesus are: 1. Daniel Hobani, a Pharisee. 2. Janmis llorrobable. 3. Capet, a citizen. Jesus will go out of the city by Lhc gifc Streneous. The above sentences are engraved c;i a copper plate. On one side are written these words : "A similar plate is sent to each one of these tribes." It was found in an antique vase of white marble, while excavating in the city of Aquila, in the kingdom of Nanles. in th.fi .year 10, ana was mseovereu rjv the Com- missariat of Arts attached to the French armies. At the excavation of Naples it vim louiiu enciosea m a uox o: ebony, in uib sacristy oi t.iurrem. Nl I Dpnimn nf thA Cnmtnlabin nf Affo caused a model to be made of the nlate.on which he had engraved the above sen- tence. At the sale of his collection of cur iosities it was bou'ht by .Lord Howard iui iJ;i irancs. The Mormons, animated by the ex- ample of Moody and Sankey, ar6 pre- - pariugto commence a work of evangel ization in Now York and Brooklyn. The Herald declares that only churches that are as earnest as the Mormons can do anything to arrest the movement. Brig ham Young's religion is a captivating one to the sensual and the ignorant.and when he begins to drag his nets in tho o two wicked cities they will take in thou- sands of fish whose moral utility has al-waj- -s been doubted, and whose absence will leave the waters of life in a much better condition cf purity than ever be- fore. An Armenian has arrived in London with power from the Turkish govern ment to sell the Holy Land. Market Keport. Portland Market. Iegal tenders, 94 buying. S5 selling. Flour Extra, $! 25; superfine. $o 00. Wheat f 1 9) cental. Oats U0e.fcj,ti5c. lj bushel. Barley $1 25 i cental. IfclCOIl Siflos 1 if lt.lfi. -- 1 1 i ' -- "vumers, 1(X10J4. Irfird In kegs, loc. ; in 101b tins, 15c Butter Fiesh roll, 20&2c. Fruits Lried annles in caoi-- c c . . 7; plums, nitless. 12ffil4, T V1S' prunes. 17c. ' i f.gKS iUC. Chickens-F- ull grown. $3 00J 00 dozen ffifStv18 6alted-6fc- s cul,s- - olf-- Wool 2trq,-Z2c- . Feed Rran JIK.tio si , . . oil cake, $3 50. ."on.8. SKofffi ; tay-na- ied. f!7f 18 U ton ; loose, $U(3,$15 Potatoes &x34iie. bushel Onions l(qil if,. Mutton Sheep $2(J2 50. Oregon City Market. Whea- t- 1 ro busnei. Oats-o0sif- i!)c. 0 bushel! Potatoes 50c. bushel. Onions $1 50 bushel. fd? l?1 I52 9 sack or 6 00 bbl. Kutrie8" : P1UW8 Eggs-l- Sc. dozen.' Chickens-Gro- wn, $3 SO dozen. Bacon Sides, 14c. $ ft ; hams ju I;ard-15(- 16c. t lb. ton. Wool 22c. $ ft. One Kind for the Human Family. The Other for Horses and Anlmalj. These Liniments are simply tho wonder of the world. Their effects are little ltss thn anirvelous. The White Liniment is for the human family. It will drive Rheumatism, Sciatica and Neuralgia from the system ; cures Lum bagro, Chillblains, Lock-ja- Palsy, Itch and most cutaneous eruptions; it extracts frost from frozen hands and feet, and the poison of bites and stings of venomous reptiles ; it sub- dues swelling and alleviates pain of every kind. When pains or bruises occur, itisth most potent remedy ever discovered to heal the injured parts. The Centaur Liniment ia used with great efficacy for Sore Throat, Tooth- ache. Caked Kreafits, Earache and weak Back. The following is but a sample of numtu testimonials : "Indiana Horn, Jeff. Co.. May 38, 1878. "I think is my duly to inform you that I have u0rcl much with inollta ft a4 chord. A few bottles of Centaur Llnimtat has done the wrk for me. I have not bn free from these swellings in eiht years. ow I am perfectly well. The Liniment ought to be applied warm. B. BROWN," The proof is in the trial. It is reliable, It Is handy, it is cheap, and every family should have the White Centaur Ianirnent. The Yellow Centaur Liniment is adapt- ed to the tough muscles, cords and flesh o horses and animals. It has ierformed mors wonderful cures, in three years, of Spavin, Strain, Wind-gall- s, Scratches, Sweeny, and general Lameness,' than all other remedies in existence. liead what the great Express- men say of it : "New Yosk, January, 1S7L "Every owner of horsi-- s should qpve tho Cextacr Liniment a trial. We consider it the best article ever used in our stables. "II. MARSH, Supt. Adams Ex. Stables.N.Y. "E. PULTZ. Sui t. U. S. 1.x. Stables, N. Y. "AL S. ULIS, Supt. Nat. Ex. Stables, N.Y." The best Patrons of this Liniment are Far- riers and Veterinary Surgeons, who are continually usinir some liniment. It heals ti lis. Wounds, Poll-evi- l, removes Swellings, and is wort n millions oi aoiiars annual ly 10 Fanners. Liverv-me- n. Stock-jrrower- s, Sheep- - raisers, and those having horseii or cattle. What a Farrier cannot do for $20, the Cen- taur Liniment will do at a trifling cot. These Liniments aro sola uy an aeaien throughout the country. '1 hey are warranted by the proprietors, anu a oome win oe givn to anv larrier or Physician who desires to test them. Labratory of J. E. Ilose k Co., 46 Ley St., N kw York. HoiiEY. Pltrhtr's Cas'oria is a complete subst- itute lor Castor Oil, nni is as pleasant to take as ho:ity. it is particularly adapted to Teeth- ing and irritable children. It destroys worms, assimilates the food, rviruhites theVtomach, and cures Wind-i.'oU- e. Few remedies are ag efficacious for Feverish ness. Croup, Worm, and Whooping t 'ougli. Castoria is a scii ntiflo and purely vegetable preparation, more efft'O-ti- v tlian Castor Oil, and neither gags nor trrip'S. Prepsir.-'- l by Messrs. J. H. Itos A Co.. 4t 1 ey St., New York, from tiie recipe of Jiaiu-n- el Pitcher, M. D., of Barnstable, Mass. T. SEL LING AS JCST RECEIVED TIIE LARGEST H stock of FALL AMD WINTER GDOO ever imported to Oregon City, which he oG n At greatly reduced prices. My stock of CLOTHIN"G- - Has been largely increased and I can show as h s:;. ;.-!- . i.--' a line of ready-mad- e goods in Mvii and Boys' Business and Lress Suits, (.'oats, etc., as can be found In the country ,and at rivcs.t hat cannot fail to satisfy. My DRESS CCGDS CEPAHTMEHT Is fined wiih a splendid assortment of all th leading stj lea and fashionable sbaUeeof good Lot press "!( !, X.Itjairs, French cnii Aiwriran Ores Utxwls 1Z La f li Alpncciv, Viriiliii lit cues, CiiKliuvervs, r. 1 X, A :fNT ELS, PlttiT, rtain ami Opera Flannels, o' all colors, Bloaehed and Unbleaehc-- d C ottoa Flannels-Ladies- '' ante CJeiita' rndrmar Q Shards and Scai-fp- , Vi.K.i Blanket, Trunks u;wl Traveling Satchels, liuU it rid Caps, Oil Cloth for frloorid. Tabic BOOTS and SHOES, I troald call speeiRl af.terdior to my stock cf !en'and Hoys' San Francisco BootsH which I have srld for anirmbe of years past with irei- - oral satisfaction. Every pair warranted. A omplete stock of HARDWARE & ?ARIfi3 UTENSIL& Choice Teas, Canned Goods, sad mil ebV Family Groceries, All at Lo.v Prices. A5o, L1YEKT00L AND CABM 1SIA5B SALT. Highest Price paid for all binds of CJossKtry Produce 200,000 lbs. of WOOL IVanted, for which I shall pay the highest cash price. I. SELLING. Oregon City, .Nov. 1, IS75-t- f. J. P. WABn. OEORGS A, BAttDIKQ. WARD & HARDING, PRiGGlSTS AND APOTHECARIES. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A?GEN assortment of Drugs and Chemicals, - Perfumery, Soaps, lombaaml Brushes,, Trusses, Supporter.. 6"J",1,ler Braces Fancy and Toilet Article., .ALSO., Kerosene OH. tj.m r CilasH, Putty, Paint, Oili, c amines a. 1 D, st-- ff. ri RE M IXES AXD Liai ORS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC pounueti, and all orders correctly answered. J Yl7 "ours oi tne nighi. AUnccpunts must be paid monthly. novl,l87atf WA11D & HAKDlIG- - GEORGE THOMAS, BOOT AS1D SHOEMAKER, OREGON CITY, One door north of Haas' Saloon. ALL KINDS OF BOOTS AND SHOES to order on t he shortest. nnti a Tfii i no Bale' Repairing neatly iQvL, done, 4 .M . . NEW BLAGKSMITH SHOP, John Lewis' niri 0.thT:nSA-- G A OPENED AT doanything in his line."" " to " enoeinga sneelalv Oregon City, May 263m . r V 6 s

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The Latest.

Of course the trivial objection to Sla-

ter, the Republican elector from RhodeIsland vr&s ridden over with scarcely apause by the House and Senate. Weare glad to note the honorable coursepursued by many Democrats in stand-ing nobly by their agreement and theutter detestation they manifest at thelittle handful of hot-head- s who seek tofilibuster, and by trickery too shallowfor a Tombs lawyer, def rand Hayes ofhis justly wou fruits. Honth Carolinahas gone to the Commission, but aseven Wade Hampton never claimed thatState for Tilden, the votes of Secession'scradle may safely be put down for theRepublican candidate for the. Presiden-cy. The next "striking point" will beVermont, but as the of thatState has not even had a Governor'scertificate to back him, little apprehen8ion is felt by Republicans.

Growing lieautifuHy Loss.

Retrenchment, like chickens andcurses, i3 coming home to roost. TheDemocrats raised an Ebenezer at theclose of the last session of Congress inview of the fact that the expenses ofthe Government had been reduced bvtheir efforts about SG0,r00,000 andevery party choir in the country gathered round, and began the Presidentialcampaign with a full chorus Te Deumthat their eyes had been permitted tosee the beginning of an economicalreform. It must, therefore, have beensomewhat of a vexation to the righteousepirit of Mr. Sam Randall to boobliged to confess that the reductionafter all was but 30,000,000. Rut howhe must have groaued in spirit when aTlepublican member, Foster wo think,showed that the actual reduction wasbut 23,000,000, from which at the firstbite must be taken 0,000,000, whichwe believe has been appropriated by adeficiency bill. It is also intimatedthat the residue of 817,000,000 is to bestill further reduced by other deficiencybills, and the Democratic face wouldlengthen at the prospect were it not forthe breadth and exceeding hardness ofthe Democratic che k.

Hayes and the Contesting Gov-ernors.

We hope none of our Democraticfriends are so foolishly sanguine as tolay the flattering n.etion to their soulsthat Hayes will recognize the Hamptonand Nicholls governments. We do notsay whether or not the DemocraticGovernors are entiled in justice to

Recognition, but maintain that the con- -

summation nopoa lor iy Democrats isas impossible as the meeting of thepoles. . Should Hayes atttcmj.t to makesuch a faux pas there arc v. ise headsnear enough to instruct hiia that itwould be suicide, nend ricks himselfexpresses our opinion of the impossibilitv of such action on the part ofHayea, in the following words:

"The statement that Hayes will re-cognize the Nieholls government inLouisiana is absurd. He could not doso without stultifying the methods towhich he will owe his place. To recog-nize Nicholls would bo to say thatPackard is not elected by the votes inLouisiana, and yet he himself, Hayes,was."

County Court House.

The Clackamas county croakers, whoare continually speaking of hard timesand who invariably predict worse in thefuture when the subject of a new courthouse is broached, can learn something,perhaps, from the following little itemclipped from the Union County Sentinel:

Whoa the question of building a finebrick court house for Union county wasbeing discussed, we kuow a number ofmen, long headed men, wise men, infact, (in their own opinion) "nail-driving- "

smart men, who boldly assertedthat county warrants would "depreciatein value to forty or fifty cents on thedollar. Union connty lias a fine brickcourt house almost completed; one thatwill answer tho demands for the nexthalf century, the finest court houseeast of the Cascades; one of which thecitizens of Union county may well feelproud. County orders aro selling atninety cents, coin, and Union county isin better financial circumstance than.any county in Eastern Oregon.

Mr. Randall and Mr. Cox will notceaso harping on the reduction in expenditures which have been effected bytheir patriotism, but we should liko tohave some explanat;on made to show uswhere the saving comes iu, when millions of dollars have been expended inuncompleted public buildings which areallowed to lie idle for the want of anappropriation. Reducing the expensesby impairing the efficiency of the Gov-ernment is easy enough, but wo shouldbe willing to sacrifice some of tho reduction in order to secure a little moreefficiency.

Hill of the high-price- d journal, madea fierce charge upon us a couple ofweeks since and with a grand flourisof trumpets announced in a quotationfrom Macbeth that it was to be war tothe knife. Last week we "let loose thedogs of war" and immediately the val-iant Lair hunted his hole and pulled itin after him, calling names and makingmetaphorical faces at a third and inno-cent party. "Our voiee is still forwar." Cock-a-doodle-do- o!

Week before last a man named Cro-nin attempted to rob a stage coach inCalifornia. Take them all throughthey are what our merchants might cada "job lot."

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Nearer Resumption.

It has been some four years since thedecline in the gold premium stimulateda well meaning, but misguided, Secretary of the Treasury to attempt re-

sumption in silver, in lots not to exceed five dollars. Since then, as beforeour opinion has been that the resourcesof the Government from taxation wereinsufficient to enable us to resumespecie payment and that aa issue ofbonds for the purchase of gold and theredemption of greenbacks was the in-

dispensable condition to resumption.President Grant now comes to the re-

lief of the country with precisely thisscheme. Our gratification to find off-

icial coincidence with our humbleopinions is enhanced by the reflectionthat the idle clamor against the bondsand in favor of greenbacks has almostwholly died away, its echoes lingeringyet only in the brains of a few dement-ed and visionary statesman of a veryobsolete pattern. Few who havewatched the course of the financialquestion can forget how strong the in-

flation cause was at one time, and howpersistent it has been at all times. Assoon as the defeat of Liberalism wa3 anaccomplished fact, the uneasy spirits ofpolitics, who are now metamorphosedinto Reformers, took up the greenbackquestion with unshaken confidence, andactually succeeded in conveying theimpression of a strength they havenever been able to use. Eat theircause never had any real power, theyhave dispersed, or rather abandonedthe field of finance to join the Tildencrowd, and to-da- y the coast is clear andthe path unobstructed for tho real andfinal solution suggested by the Presi-dent in his message.

We regret to hear that Congress istoo busy to attend to the affairs of thecountry, and that the men whom wesend to make our laws are so ignorantof the merits of a question which hasbeen before the public for ten years,that they will not bo able to form anopinion on tho message during awhole month. This, however, is some-thing which is the act of Providence,and offers cause for no repining. Butwhat we regret more deeply to notice istho news that the worst enemies ofspecie payment are trying to persuadethemselves that if they let things aloneand take no risks, specie payment willcome of itself. If these gentlemen aresincere they cannot object to making atrifling effort iu the'same direction. Ifspecie payment is inevitable such aneffort can notsprevcnt it, and if speciepayment needs assistance such an effortwould be of the highest value to thecountry. If resumption is likely tocome from natural causes and withoutthe need of legislation, it must be in ac-

cordance with a sound finance and so isentitled to support, and support couldnot be given better than in the mauneradvocated by tho President.

Letter from Portland.Portland, Feb. 2G, 1877.

Editor Extektkise: Feeling thatperhaps you are in need of a few wordsof sympathy and consolation from yourfriends, I offer you my few words ofcomfort. I see that you are still unableto convince that honorable and distin-guished gentleman (?) , the editor ofthe Oregonian, that you are owner andeditor of the Enterprise. You are ina worse predicament than that celebrat-ed boy who paid too much for his whis-tle, inasmuch as you are not allowed toblow your whistle after you hve paidfor it. Perhaps, if the honor was worththe money, a small retaining fee. say ofa few thousand dollars, might be aneffectual eye-opene- r. Such things havehappened in this sinful world, youknow. But pluck up courage, my dearfellow; doubtless, by the time you arrive at the mature age of either of thehonorble gentlemen (the one who willnot permit you to own a newspaper andthe one wtio is obliged to own it againsthis wishes) you may be cons deredworthy of the honor, but I fear youwill have to cultivate a good crop ofwrinkles, a few gray hairs, a carewornappearance, or even, perhaps, a littlebald spot on the top of your head mightdo tho work for you. 1 am sincerelysorry for the Hon. W. C. Johnson, asit is not every man that is afflicted withso terrible a misfortune as owning anewspaper. But console yourself, Mr.Editor, by thinking that Oregon Hillsare not unchangeable, as Democraticfriends can testify, and Hills are muchless formidable obstacles to overcomethan mountains might be. If at anytimo you become faint hearted, or yourpurse grows lean, just look forwardfour years, to the next Presidentialelection, when, perhaps, others besidethe "principal newspaper of Oregon"will receive a back still'ener of a fewthousand dollars, particularlv as thatvery unwilling member of your firm isa legal gentleman. You are aware Ipresume, that the latest discovery inmedical science is a plaster composedof a mixture of gold and silver forstrengthening weak backs, ami bright-ening obtrnse intellects; its effect onthe undersjanding is almost magical, asit has been known to change a HillDei Fremiti. C. D. J

"Professional honor" is good; we ad-mire it. It is charming; the editor ofthe "leading paper" has exhibited him-self as one of its great champions. Solikewise did Judas Iscariot.

David Dudley Field's name wasstricken from the roll of the New YorkLar Association a couple of years aofor conduct unbecoming a gentlemSnand a lawyer.

Badly irtruped, the stillhunter thatwould a wooing go, who lit oa "emi-nent .counsel with a hand organ.

Tho Count.

The two" houses of Congress met injoint convention on Saturday at noon,and the decision of tlie electoral com-

mission touching the votes of OregoD,was read. The grounds of the decisionwhich is in favor of the Hayes electors,i3 that said electors appear to have beenlawfully appointed, and they voted assuch at the time and in the manner pro-

vided by tho constitution of the UnitedStates and the law; and the commissionare further of opinion that by the lawsof Oregon the duty of tho canvass of allthe votes given at the election of Presi-dent and Vice President was imposedupon the Secretary of State, and thatthe Secretary of State did canvass thesereturns, and ascertained that J. C. Cart-wrigh- t,

W. H. Odell and J. W. Wattsreceived a majority of all the votes forelectors, and had the highest number ofvotes for that office; and by the express-ed language of the statute those personsare deemed elected. That in obedienceto his duty the Secretary of State madea canvass and tabulated statement ofthe votes showing this result, which,according to law, he placed on file inhis office on the 4th of December, 1S76.

All this appears by the official certifi-

cates, under seal of the Secretary ofState, and was signed and delivered byhim to the electors, and forwarded bythem to the President of the Senate,with other States. That refusal of theGovernor of Oregon to sign the certifi-cate of election of persons so electeddoe3 not have the effect of defeatingtheir appointment for such electors.That tho act of the Governor of Oregonin giving to E. A. Cronin a certificateof election, though he received onethousand votes less than J. W. Watts,on the ground tho latter was ineligible,was without authority of law and there-fore void. That although evidenceshows that Watts was postmaster at thotime of his election, that fact is render-ed immaterial by his resignation bothas postmaster and elector, and his sub-sequent appointment to fill the vacancyin the electoral college; that in conse-quence of the foregoing, and upongrouuds before stated, the paper pur-porting to be the certiScato of tho elec-tDr- al

vote of Oregon, signed by E. A.Cronin, J. X. T. Miller and Jno Parker,is not the certificate of the votes pro-vided for by the Constitution of theUnited States, and ought not to becounted as such. The members of theCommission agreeing to and approvingof the decision are S. F. Miller, Jos. P.Bradley, W. Strong, G. F. Edmunds.O. P. Morton, F. T. Frelinghnysan, J.A. Garfield and G. F. Hoar.

The presiding ofiicer asked whetkerthere were any objections to the decis-ion. Senator Kelly objected to this de-cision on the following gro-.uuls-

: First,that Watts was not elected; second, thathe was net appoiuted; ttiird, that hewas disqualified to receive an appoint-ment as Pr sidential elector, or to sit assuch, as he held an office of trust andprofit nnder the United States; fourth,that Cronin was elected Presidentialelector for Oregon, and in accordancewith law cast the legal vote as suchelector, and that such vote shouhi becounted. The objection was signed bySenators Kelly, Wyte, Cooper, Maxey,Norwood and Hereford, and Represen-tatives Lane, Poppleton, Jencks, Vance,Throckmorton, Wike, Wiggintou andLuttrell.

The presiding ofiicer asked whetherthere were any further objections to thedecision, and there being none, he an-nounced the Senate would withdraw toits chamber.

After considerable discussion, theSenato adopted tho decision of theCommission, and tho House rejected it.

When the Senate returned, objectionwas made to the electoral vote of Mor-rill, of Pennsylvania. The objectionwas overruled as invalid, and a recesswas taken until Monday.

Pennsylvania has been counted bythe two houses in joint convention forHayes and Wheeler, and Rhode Island,coming as next in the list, was objectedto.

There teemed to be a certaia amountof speculation among Democrats as towhether Judge Bradley would give adecision against his party, but no suchsuggestion was ever made with regardto Judge Clifford or Judge Field. Itseems to have been taken for grantedthat these "two eminent and nnpartisanornaments of tho judicial bench wouldgive an ojjinion in favor of their partyevery time, and tho event has confirmedtheir impressions.

W. Lair Hill, editor of the "onlypaper," when proved to have tenderedhis services to the Joe Thomas party,assumes tho role of high-tone- d profes-sional honor, and still denies the fact,because forsooth, "he never" (he says),"tendered his services in any case."But poor Hill has sadly degenerated,since his professional tone and honorcould not prevent him from beingbought with $3,000 from Tilden's 'barVand we think, as the sequel has proved,that Tilden paid very dearly for theOregonlan whistle.

In the language of the day, Demo-crats, "the jig is up;" or as a certainPortland editor would term it, jacta estaha. Hayes and Wheeler will bepeaceably inaugurated on the 5th ofMarch, and if yon wish to elect yourman four years hence, commence nowto lay your snares, for in the time ofpeace there i3 nothing like preparingfor war.

The talk of the Democrats that theeight RepubUcans of the electoral com-mission voted a3 partisans, reminds usforcibly of the solitary juror who spokeof the obstinacy of the other eleven.

What it costs to go through an elec-

toral college, $8,000. Up-Hi- ll business,Sammy says.

Watts on the mind; heavy readingfor Democrats.

COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

The Blue-Glas- s Cure.

General Pleasauton is one of thosewell-to-d- o fossils who exist in Phila-delphia and who would never be heardof beyond his own pale, except by somepeculiar windfall or blind-lac- k discov-ery. Although we cannot make theGeneral exactly the Christopher Colum-bus of our pubject-hea- d, he is still akind of Amerigo Vespucci. Others be-

fore the corpulent Philadelphian foundthe curative properties of blue glass,but he, we understand, is the first towrite a book on the subject, and attractgeneral attention all over the world.Newspaper wits and paragraphists flinga good deaPof fun at the old Quaker,but he has indisputable evidences ofthe good effect of the azure glass cure,and will not be laughed down.

As to the exact effect of blue light,the orinions of scientific men differ.andit is too early now to discuss the sub-ject from a scientific point of view. Itis certain that many physicians of NewYork City and elsewhere are now givingtheir attention to the subject, and thatthe demand for blue glass is increaoingevery day. One of the Chicago hospit-als, we are informed, has one of itswards fitted np with blue window panes;and a shipment of one hundred caseswas lately made in one day from NewYork to that city, where the physicianshave been studying the effect of bluelight for some time past. The matteris under discussion also in New Yorkhospitals.

As we understand it, sunlight jjassesdereetly through colorless glass, havingno effect whatever upon it, but blueglass catches and retaius heat, and aroom lighted by blue panes is said tobe warmer than one with windows ofordinary glass. General Pleasantonthinks the bluo light imparts curativequalities to the atmosphere, therefore;and that it acts upon the health of thepatient in that way, as well as directlyupon the nerves.

Professor Butler, who has severalaquaria in New York, writes to one ofthe japers of that city that his fish havebeen noticeably livelier since ho hasencased them in blue glass. In hothouses its effect is .very marked; thepart of General Pleasantou's graperyunder bine glass far outstripping inproductiveness the vines left under theplain white panes. In regard to theeffect upon the human system we aretold that in diseases of the eye it isvery useful, which appears to be natur-al. It is also used for nervous diseases,including nemalgia and nervous head-ache. General Pleasanton tells, in aletter to a Chicago paper, how he curedhimself by a sun bath ia a blue lightedroom from the effects cf a severe fallfrom his carriage, and how at the sametime he converted his physician so thatlie now acknowledges the merits of blueglass. Taking a serio-comi- c view cfthe question, why would it Dot be t

good idoa for persona afflicted witlheadache.3 and nervous cornvlaints tocarry a piece of glass with them largeenough to cover the effected part, andwheu in pain to simply (if the sun beshining) lay on the panacea ? A mantraveling from here to Portland couldput his blue 'glass against the car window and be cured of his headache in a"jiffy." It is not said whether it provides or strengthens tho brain, so wedo not as yet recommend it to our Democratic confreres.

Ptddlers in the principal eastern citiesare said to doing an immense businessjust now in this g ass, and we daro saythe excitement will run so high thatbald-heade- d men will imagine they caumake their hair grow by simply inserting a piece of it in their hats. In caseany of our people should like to experiment on this subject, which is cow exciting so many people, wo herewith givea "boiled down" interview held by aNew York newspaper reporter withGeneral Pleasanton: Any one sufferingfrom local disease is simply to obtainwindow'panes of dark Mazarine blue,French the best; place it in front of theordinary window glass, so that the lightwill pass through the blue immediatelyupon coming from the ordinary glass,the diseased part to bo exposed to theblue rays. The treatment is particularlyefficacious in all diseases of the spineAny one using this cure will not be inueotea to tue uencral in a pecuniarysense, he only asking that those attempt-ing this method will give him a fullaccount of the experiment whethersuccessful or otherwise.

The N. Y. Times of the 24th nit. says:It is hoped after the vote on the Oregoncase we shall hear no more about thepartisanship of the Republican mem-bers of the electoral commission. Inthis decision the partisanship is all onthe Democratic side, and the law andfacts with the Republicans. That thethree electoral votes of Oregon werelegally cast for Hayes and justice, a"wayfaring man, though a fool," canappreciate; and it may 6afely be leftwith the people to judge of the impar-tiality of the seven Democrats who in-

sisted only two of these votes should beso counted. It was a cheap display oivirtue to refuse to recognize the vote ofCronin. It was a very discreditabledisplay of partisanship to hold' theGrover conspiracy had succoeded incheating the State out of one electoralvote, and counting out of its choice forPresident.

The modest Miss (?) Emma Abbottwill not finger a piano in public if itstands bare legged.

Mr. Moody, says the Boston journal-ists, bears a remarkable resemblance toPresident Grant.

A case of petty Laircenj $3,000.

Traced to its Lair 3,000.

Telegraphic News.

Eastern.Washington, Feb. 23. At 3 o'clock

the commission took a recess of half anhour to allow time for Senator Thur-ma- n

to be sent for prior to taking a voteupon the question whether the Repub-lican votes of Oregcn should be count-ed. All the members of the commissionstato the decision is already virtuallydecided, as eight of the members, in-

cluding Bradley, have announced theiropinion in favcr of counting the threeRepublican votes.

The Electoral Commission proceededto the residence of Senator Thurmau,who was .very ill, and there adopted bystrict vote of eight against seven a reso-lution offered by Senator Morton, de-claring that the votes of W. H. Odell,John C. Cartwright, and John W.Watts, the Hayes electors for Oregon,should be counted. The commissionpreviously voted on the question of theadmissibility of Cronin's vote, and re-jected it unanimously.

New York, Feb. 24. The Herald'sIndianapolis correspondent interviewedHendricks to-da- y. The latter give upthe election as a defeat. He' continued,very decidedly: "The Commission, hav-ing gone according to law, the resultwill be the election of Hayes. I do notthink they acted according to the spiritof the law. Their decision will not besatisfactory to the country, and thelonger this people think upon it themore they will bo condemned. But forthe Commission bill the Senate wouldhave elected Hayes and the House Til-den. Both would have been inaugurat-ed. Hayes would have had the supportof an army of office-holder- s, and otherresources of tho government, leavingTilden nothing to fight with, had a fightbeen deemed advisable. The statementthat Hayes will recognize the Nichollsgovernment in Louisiana is absurd. Hecould not do so without stultifying themethods to which he will owe his place.To recognize Nicholls would be to saythat Packard was not elected by thevotes in Louisiana, and yet that he him-self, Hayes, was."

The Times' Columbus special says:The people of Fremont, Ohio, regard-less of party, will give Hayes a grandsend-of- f for Washington next week.

Postmasters appointed A. J. Lang-worth- y,

Aumsville, Marion county, Or.;Jas. Laird, Sitkum, Coos county, Or.;J. B. Morris. Snmmerville, Union Co.,Or.; W. L. R. Monroe, Whittle's Ferry,Lake Co., Or.; Win. Farrant, Bay Cen-ter, Pacific Co., W. T. ; D.N.Taylor,Fall City. King Co., W. T.

New York, Feb. 27. Tho World'sWashington special says: It is saidHayes, perhaps, will take the oath ofoffice Sunday noon next in the execu-presenc- e

tive mansion, in the of Grantand the cabinet and the Chief Justicewho will administer it. It is net Inspresent intention to arrive here untilthe count is completed, but if it delaysuntil Friday he will leave Columbus onthat day for Washington and becomethe guest of Sherman until he takespossession of the executive mansion.

The Herald's Washington special says:The filibustered have made up theirminds to do the worst they can. Theyhave been visited and argued with to-day by tho moderate and prominentDemocrats. They say they will havetheir way and will obstruct and delaythe count of the eight States which re-main as much as they can. If the fil-ibustered carry out their purpose, theresult will be the whole country will bekept in a state of suspense and anxiety,and business will be deraDged for noreason whatever. Tilden has not evena ghost of a claim to a single State yetto be counted, tue JJemocratie committee having declared that South Carolinawent for Hayes on the face of the returns.

Pacific Coast.San Francisco, Feb. 27. The Call

this morning publishes a detailed account of the circumstances connectedwith the recent burning of the courthouse at Salinas, at which it appearsthat a defalcation of 15,000 to 2U,000has been discovered in the accounts othe tax collector, and that the deputycollector, m. ii. Kumsey, is supposedto have gambled off most of it, losing aportion of the amount with faro dealers,but to a great extent in poker gamesWilli a number of prominent citizens,including several connty officials. It isalso intimated that a close ring exists,wuicn uas been plundering the counts'for years, and detective officers fromSail Francisco have been workincr upthe ease, and stato that the affair is theworst that has ever came under theirnotice, even the courts seeming to con-siderable extent to be disposed to affordthe ring every opportunity to make outa good case. Popular indignation isvery high and the citizens of the betterclass avow a determination to sift theaffair to the bottom. There is a honethat Rnuisey may be induced to turnstates evidence. Tho ring has moneyaud a lot of desperadoes in its interest.who can be hired to commit perjury oracts of violence in defense of their em- -ployers.

Profits of a Paper Currency.

The Government is likely to make alarge profit by the loss and destructionof fractional currency. During the lasttwo months, nearly 2,000.000 of thispaper currency has been withdrawnfrom circulation and silver coin substituted. The withdrawals have been entirely confined to the last three issues,there having been scarcely a dollar sentin from the first and second issues, al-

though the government report shows7,400,000 of these issues still outstand-

ing. It i3 more than likely that thegreater portion of this amount has beenworn out or destroyed. It is not thekind of money that people would belikely to hoard, and if it had been inthe bands of .bankers or brokers it undoubtedly would have been presentedfor exchange. In this country of ametallic currency, people can hardlycomprehend the amount of hard usagethat the fractional paper currency receives, it is crumpiea into vest pockets, allowed to become wet, is handledroughly, torn and defaced to an almostincredible extent. Seven millions ofdollars seems a large amount to wastein this manner, but we have no doubtit has been done. Nobody feels thepoorer for it, and it goes some distancetoward paying the public debt.

Eminent counsel with an oreran attheir baoks are worth S3.000 to thoswho have "bar'ls" of money at theircommand.

Territorial News.

Herring fisheries are attracting atten-tion on the Sound.

Seattle is reducing expenses by dis-

charging police and putting out lights.Sixty head of sheep have lately beep

killed near Olympia by dogs.Messrs. Kelly & Co., of Seattle, are

putting up large quantities of cod liveroil.

Each resident of Ada county, Idaho,has been taxed 2 for the support of ahospital.

About twenty five have thus far beenconverted at the Methodist revival inOlympia.

Walla Walla has a revenue of nearly15,000 and still keeps head over heels

in debt.A petition is in circulation to have a

daily mail lino between Waitsburg andSpokane falls.

It ia a fixed fact that Walla Wallacounty's wheat crop will far exceed anyever produced there.

Over one thousand families have set-

tled in Stephens and Whitman countiesduring thn past year.

The Indians at Walla Walla havebroken up their winter quarters andsilently slipped away.

The Grangers around Olympia areerecting a commodious warehouse atthe Marsh ville bridge.

The coming season bids fair to be-come one of universal activity amongthe loggers on the Sound.

A boy named Frost was crushed todeatli by a falling fir tree on the UpperSkookum Chuck last week.

The Olympia Transcript says N. H.O wings, the new secretary of Washing-ton Territory, is a Colorado man.

W. H. Borr. a Seattle juror, invalid-ated the virdict by taking supper at ahotel. He will be imprisoned and fined

350.William Law, a pioneer on this coast,

and a resident of Clalam county, W. T.,for twenty years or more, died in Vic-toria, B. C, on the 7th ult.

The Olympian says: At LaConner.W.T., five children died recently from thospotted fever in one family alone. Sev-eral more are ill from the same malady.

The government authorities at Vic-toria have dispotched the gunboat Rock-et to Bella Bolla to institute further in-

quiries concerning the step.mer GeorgeS. Wright.

As soon as the weather will permit,two companies will leave the garrisonat Walla Walla for the Wallowa conn-tr- y

to keep out Joseph and his bandand keep white settlers iu.

Death Warrant of Christ.

The Courier des Etats Unis says: Chancehas put into our hands the most impos-ing and interesting judicial document,to all Christians, that has ever been re-

corded in human annals; that is, theidentical death warrant of our LordJesus Christ. We' t ranserilw the docu-ment from a copy of the translation:

SEXTKNCKRi-nd- t rrd bv Pontius Pilate, nctins: (Jov- -

ernor of Lower ialshe. that Jtsu.s ofNazeretii shall sutlV'r death on the (,'ro.s- -.

In the year seventeen of the Kmpire ofTiberius t'avsar, and the Uh of Maivh, 'hecity of the holy .Icrusalciii : Aneas andCuiapUas hein priests, sv.'-- i ilia: toi s of thepeoi.L of iod, I, Pontius i'il.Ue, io t t noyof the pra.-or- .condi'inn .i s:is of Na-.ai---t-

to diu us the cross bet wet !: i ; ; thi.-ve- s

the great and notorious evidence of thepeople saying

1 . lie is a sed ucer.Id. lie is seditious.3. lie is the enemy of the I;iv.4. Hec;dls himself'falsly.thesortorOod.5. 1 le cal is himself the Kiogof Israel.

He entered into the tei;;i le. followedby a multitude bearing palm branches int'aeir hands.

Order the centurion Qunitus Comeiiuato lead him to the place of execution.

Forbid anv person, whomsoever, pooror rich, to oppose the death of Jesus.

Tho witnesses that signed tho deathwarrant ot Jesus are:

1. Daniel Hobani, a Pharisee.2. Janmis llorrobable.3. Capet, a citizen.Jesus will go out of the city by Lhc gifc

Streneous.The above sentences are engraved c;i acopper plate. On one side are written

these words :"A similar plate is sent to each one ofthese tribes."It was found in an antique vase of white

marble, while excavating in the city ofAquila, in the kingdom of Nanles. in th.fi.year 10, ana was mseovereu rjv the Com-missariat of Arts attached to the Frencharmies. At the excavation of Naples itvim louiiu enciosea m a uox o: ebony, inuib sacristy oi t.iurrem.Nl I Dpnimn nf thA Cnmtnlabin nf Affocaused a model to be made of the nlate.onwhich he had engraved the above sen-tence. At the sale of his collection of curiosities it was bou'ht by .Lord Howardiui iJ;i irancs.

The Mormons, animated by the ex-

ample of Moody and Sankey, ar6 pre- -

pariugto commence a work of evangelization in Now York and Brooklyn. TheHerald declares that only churches thatare as earnest as the Mormons can doanything to arrest the movement. Brigham Young's religion is a captivatingone to the sensual and the ignorant.andwhen he begins to drag his nets in tho otwo wicked cities they will take in thou-sands of fish whose moral utility has al-waj- -s

been doubted, and whose absencewill leave the waters of life in a muchbetter condition cf purity than ever be-

fore.

An Armenian has arrived in Londonwith power from the Turkish government to sell the Holy Land.

Market Keport.Portland Market.

Iegal tenders, 94 buying. S5 selling.Flour Extra, $! 25; superfine. $o 00.Wheat f 1 9) cental.Oats U0e.fcj,ti5c. lj bushel.Barley $1 25 i cental.IfclCOIl Siflos 1 if lt.lfi. -- 1 1 i' -- "vumers,1(X10J4.Irfird In kegs, loc. ; in 101b tins, 15cButter Fiesh roll, 20&2c.Fruits Lried annles in caoi-- c c . .

7; plums, nitless. 12ffil4, T V1S'prunes. 17c. ' i

f.gKS iUC.Chickens-F- ull grown. $3 00J 00 dozenffifStv18 6alted-6fc- s cul,s- - olf--

Wool 2trq,-Z2c-.

Feed Rran JIK.tio si , . .oil cake, $3 50. ."on.8. SKofffi ;

tay-na- ied. f!7f 18 U ton ; loose, $U(3,$15Potatoes &x34iie. bushelOnions l(qil if,.Mutton Sheep $2(J2 50.

Oregon City Market.Whea- t- 1 ro busnei.Oats-o0sif- i!)c. 0 bushel!Potatoes 50c. bushel.Onions $1 50 bushel.fd? l?1 I52 9 sack or 6 00 bbl.Kutrie8" : P1UW8Eggs-l-Sc. dozen.'Chickens-Gro- wn, $3 SO dozen.Bacon Sides, 14c. $ ft ; hams juI;ard-15(- 16c. t lb.

ton.Wool 22c. $ ft.

One Kind for the Human Family.The Other for Horses and Anlmalj.

These Liniments are simply tho wonder ofthe world. Their effects are little ltss thnanirvelous.The White Liniment is for the humanfamily. It will drive Rheumatism, Sciaticaand Neuralgia from the system ; cures Lumbagro, Chillblains, Lock-ja- Palsy, Itch andmost cutaneous eruptions; it extracts frostfrom frozen hands and feet, and the poison ofbites and stings of venomous reptiles ; it sub-dues swelling and alleviates pain of every

kind. When pains or bruises occur, itisthmost potent remedy ever discovered to healthe injured parts. The Centaur Liniment iaused with great efficacy for Sore Throat, Tooth-ache. Caked Kreafits, Earache and weak Back.The following is but a sample of numtutestimonials :

"Indiana Horn, Jeff. Co.. May 38, 1878."I think is my duly to inform you that Ihave u0rcl much with inollta ft a4chord. A few bottles of Centaur Llnimtat

has done the wrk for me. I have not bnfree from these swellings in eiht years.ow I am perfectly well. The Linimentought to be applied warm. B. BROWN,"The proof is in the trial. It is reliable, It Is

handy, it is cheap, and every family shouldhave the White Centaur Ianirnent.

The Yellow Centaur Liniment is adapt-ed to the tough muscles, cords and flesh ohorses and animals. It has ierformed morswonderful cures, in three years, of Spavin,Strain, Wind-gall- s, Scratches, Sweeny, andgeneral Lameness,' than all other remediesin existence. liead what the great Express-men say of it :

"New Yosk, January, 1S7L"Every owner of horsi-- s should qpve thoCextacr Liniment a trial. We consider it

the best article ever used in our stables."II. MARSH, Supt. Adams Ex. Stables.N.Y."E. PULTZ. Sui t. U. S. 1.x. Stables, N. Y."AL S. ULIS, Supt. Nat. Ex. Stables, N.Y."The best Patrons of this Liniment are Far-

riers and Veterinary Surgeons, who arecontinually usinir some liniment. It healsti lis. Wounds, Poll-evi- l, removes Swellings,and is wort n millions oi aoiiars annual ly 10Fanners. Liverv-me- n. Stock-jrrower- s, Sheep- -raisers, and those having horseii or cattle.

What a Farrier cannot do for $20, the Cen-taur Liniment will do at a trifling cot.

These Liniments aro sola uy an aeaienthroughout the country. '1 hey are warrantedby the proprietors, anu a oome win oe givnto anv larrier or Physician who desires totest them.

Labratory of J. E. Ilose k Co.,46 Ley St., N kw York.

HoiiEY.Pltrhtr's Cas'oria is a complete subst-

itute lor Castor Oil, nni is as pleasant to takeas ho:ity. it is particularly adapted to Teeth-ing and irritable children. It destroys worms,assimilates the food, rviruhites theVtomach,and cures Wind-i.'oU- e. Few remedies are agefficacious for Feverish ness. Croup, Worm,and Whooping t 'ougli. Castoria is a scii ntifloand purely vegetable preparation, more efft'O-ti-v

tlian Castor Oil, and neither gags nortrrip'S. Prepsir.-'- l by Messrs. J. H. Itos A Co..4t 1 ey St., New York, from tiie recipe of Jiaiu-n- el

Pitcher, M. D., of Barnstable, Mass.

T. SEL LINGAS JCST RECEIVED TIIE LARGESTH stock of

FALL AMD WINTER GDOOever imported to Oregon City, which he oG nAt greatly reduced prices. My stock of

CLOTHIN"G- -

Has been largely increased and I can showas h s:;. ;.-!-. i.--' a line of ready-mad- e goods inMvii and Boys' Business and Lress Suits,(.'oats, etc., as can be found In the country ,andat rivcs.t hat cannot fail to satisfy. My

DRESS CCGDS CEPAHTMEHTIs fined wiih a splendid assortment of all thleading stj lea and fashionable sbaUeeof good

Lot press "!( !,X.Itjairs, French cniiAiwriran Ores Utxwls1Z La f li Alpncciv,

Viriiliii lit cues,CiiKliuvervs, r.

1 X, A :fNT ELS,PlttiT, rtain ami Opera Flannels, o' all colors,Bloaehed and Unbleaehc-- d C ottoa Flannels-Ladies- ''

ante CJeiita' rndrmar QShards and Scai-fp- ,

Vi.K.i Blanket,Trunks u;wl

Traveling Satchels,liuU it rid Caps,

Oil Cloth forfrloorid. Tabic

BOOTS and SHOES,I troald call speeiRl af.terdior to my stock cf!en'and Hoys' San Francisco BootsH which I

have srld for anirmbe of years past with irei- -oral satisfaction. Every pair warranted. Aomplete stock of

HARDWARE & ?ARIfi3 UTENSIL&Choice Teas, Canned Goods, sad mil ebV

Family Groceries,All at Lo.v Prices. A5o,L1YEKT00L AND CABM 1SIA5B SALT.

Highest Price paid for all binds of

CJossKtry Produce200,000 lbs. of WOOL IVanted,for which I shall pay the highest cash price.

I. SELLING.Oregon City, .Nov. 1, IS75-t- f.

J. P. WABn. OEORGS A, BAttDIKQ.

WARD & HARDING,PRiGGlSTS AND APOTHECARIES.

KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A?GENassortment of

Drugs and Chemicals, -Perfumery, Soaps,

lombaaml Brushes,,Trusses, Supporter..6"J",1,ler Braces Fancy andToilet Article.,.ALSO.,

Kerosene OH. tj.m rCilasH, Putty, Paint, Oili, c

amines a. 1 D, st-- ff.

ri RE M IXES AXD Liai ORS FOR MEDICINALPURPOSES.

PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC

pounueti, and all orders correctly answered.J Yl7 "ours oi tne nighi.AUnccpunts must be paid monthly.novl,l87atf WA11D & HAKDlIG- -

GEORGE THOMAS,BOOT AS1D SHOEMAKER,

OREGON CITY,One door north of Haas' Saloon.

ALL KINDS OF BOOTS AND SHOESto order on t he shortest. nnti aTfii i no Bale' Repairing neatlyiQvL,done,

4 .M . .

NEW BLAGKSMITH SHOP,

John Lewis' niri0.thT:nSA--

GA OPENED AT

doanything in his line."" " to

" enoeinga sneelalvOregon City, May 263m

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